In August, the moon became brighter and brighter, and the moonlight sprinkled on the ground was as pure as frost, and all the people resting by the fire were gilded with a layer of silver light, but in the face of this poetic scene, few people's faces looked good.

A few people around the fire are Li Jinglong's personal guards, after the imperial court announced Li Jinglong's will to return to Beijing into the Xuzhou military camp, Li Jinglong did not dare to delay, and hurriedly set off on the road yesterday, this time he entered Beijing to ask for guilt, naturally there is no need to bring many people, and there is no war in Xuzhou's rear, so Li Jinglong, who left the army, left these personal guards, at this moment they sat by the fire with a depressed face, and they knew in their hearts what they were going to face when they returned to Jinling this time, and there were really few people who could sleep like Li Jinglong.

The most ridiculous thing is that Li Jinglong fled all the way south, and the girl Xu Qingxu who was brought into the military camp in Texas by her side still did not fall, and at this moment, I am afraid that she is also serving Li Jinglong to sleep, it is already this time, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong still has not forgotten to enjoy it, which really makes a few guards who followed him from south to north all the way to lose the battle extremely complicated.

They are pro-soldiers, the boss is going to suffer, they are not much better, this is not as simple as the commander is down, they can go back to the barracks and continue to be soldiers, not to mention that they have been pro-soldiers for so many years, and followed Li Jinglong to show off their power in Jinling, and now this kind of day may disappear at any time, who can be in a good mood?

Putting aside these external factors, several people are interested in Li Jinglong... That is indeed contempt from the bottom of my heart, as a pro-soldier can contact many important military matters, to what extent is Li Jinglong's waste, and the generals under Li Jinglong may not know as well as them.

Adding a piece of firewood to the fire, Jiang Hai, the head of Li Jinglong's guards, sighed deeply, looked up at the moon and didn't say a word, and the rest of the guards looked at me and I looked at you, and they didn't know what to say, but soon a squirming footsteps broke the dead silence, and several guards on the periphery came over with a figure.

Is it an assassin? No, Li Jinglong is so virtuous now, where will assassins come to him?

That's the people who happened to pass by... Jiang Hai waved his hand, just as he wanted them to throw the man away, but when he saw the man's face clearly by the moonlight, he immediately stood up with a loud bang.

"Wei Laosan?!"

Wei Laosan, who was supported by a few pro-soldiers, was nowhere to be seen after the first battle of Baigou River, and at this time, Wei Laosan, who was dressed as a fleeing citizen, saw his acquaintances, and was also stunned and overjoyed: "My God, I can be regarded as looking for you!" ”

At the beginning, Wei Laosan had been a halberd guard outside Li Jinglong's tent for a few months, and his personal relationship with Jiang Hai was quite good, and Jiang Hai, who was saved by Wei Laosan in Dezhou City, also took good care of him, but at this moment, seeing Wei Laosan reappear in front of him, Jiang Hai's face was almost distorted: "What the fuck, dare to be a deserter?" ”

Wei Laosan was stunned, and then immediately explained: "I'm wronged! Where do I dare to be a deserter? When I went south, I was hit by an arrow in the knee, and you ran so fast that I screamed and broke my throat and no one cared about me, but I hid in the grass and met the fleeing people, and it took me a long time to heal the arrow wound..."

Speaking of this, he was still a little aggrieved: "Did you escape too quickly?" When I arrived in Dezhou, you arrived in Jinan, I arrived in Jinan, and before I found you, I was blocked in the city of Jinan, and finally waited for the Yan army to retreat and run out of the city, I heard that you were in Xuzhou, I looked for it, and you went south again..."

He pretended to wipe away his tears: "Whose life is miserable?" If I were a deserter, I would still catch up with you? ”

The truth is indeed such a truth, Jiang Hai was stunned, his expression softened, and several guards also sighed and stepped forward to ask for warmth, no one thought that Wei Laosan was so miserable, they had also heard of the hell on earth in Jinan, Wei Laosan was actually locked up in it for three months? It's no wonder it hasn't caught up for so long.

And at this moment, Li Jinglong said that the ugly thing is that the wall is falling down and everyone is pushing, and everyone is eager to go up and step on it, Wei Laosan can chase this realm... There is no word for that faithfulness.

If you think about it, maybe even these guards who have been with Li Jinglong for many years can't compare... If you really encounter something like Wei Laosan, and you hear that the court intends to be held accountable, just run away, and come back to suffer crimes, isn't there something wrong with your brain?

But looking at Wei Laosan, he really doesn't look smart... Jiang Hai patted him on the shoulder, trying to squeeze out a smile and praised: "It's good, I didn't lose my handsome face!" It's been a toss-up all the way, right? Hurry down and rest, and tomorrow will be on the road again. ”

Go down and rest? Then what is he Wei Laosan doing here? I haven't seen anyone who should have seen him, could it be that he really made a mistake and wanted to come back to Li Jinglong as a personal guard? As soon as he heard this, Wei Laosan was anxious, but soon the curtain of the big tent was lifted, and the movement outside alarmed Li Jinglong, who also couldn't sleep.

Compared with Jinan, Li Jinglong at this moment has been haggard to the extreme, as if he is about to fall as soon as the wind blows, some time ago the news of Jinan came that he was sick, but it seems that there is no problem with walking, he also saw Wei Laosan, and after a little thought, he remembered his identity.

"Coming back?"

"Yes, Dashuai, I'm back."

"It's good to be back, let's go down."

Wei Laosan hurriedly stepped forward: "Dashuai, I met a strange person before, and he asked me to bring a letter to Dashuai." ”

Li Jinglong stopped, a little puzzled: "Letter? ”

Seeing Wei Laosan walking towards Li Jinglong, several guards were a little nervous, seeing him reach into his arms, Jiang Hai wanted to go up and stop him, although Li Jinglong is no longer the commander of the three armies, but what if he really loses his mind and wants to put him to death?

Fortunately, Wei Laosan took out only a thin letter, Li Jinglong took it, opened it, just glanced at it roughly, and then looked up at Wei Laosan suddenly.

He narrowed his eyes: "Interesting..."

……

The thin clouds in the sky gently covered the moon, like a beauty out of the bath, covering her body with a light veil, although it was a little less sexy to look at, but it added some tempting flavor in the haze.

The boulder on the edge of the cliff was covered in shadows, and a figure stood there with his hands in his hands, having been waiting for a long time.

Whether Li Jinglong will come, in fact, you don't need to think much to get the answer, when a person is about to drown, he will subconsciously grab whatever he can grasp around him, the hereditary dukedom of the country... No one wants to be cut off in their own hands.

Sure enough, footsteps sounded behind him, walked to Gu Huai's side, and looked at Lin Hai under the cliff together: "Aren't you afraid that your country's father will turn his face?" ”

"I'm not His Royal Highness King Yan," Gu Huai smiled, "Cao Guogong shouldn't do such a stupid thing." ”

Li Jinglong also laughed, but the smile was a little ugly: "You... Is it the shopkeeper of the restaurant? Wei Laosan is your person? ”

Gu Huai didn't speak, but obviously acquiesced.

As long as many things start at one point, the others can be peeled off and understood all the way, even with the people of King Yan by their side, the leakage of the defense in Texas, the dilemma of Datong, and the handsome flag broken by the Baigou River can all be explained, Li Jinglong's face changed, and he stood still in the moonlight for a long time before he spoke with a crying and laughing expression: "You made me lose very badly." ”

"Guogong is a little miserable, but compared to those soldiers who died in one battle after another, compared to the countless displaced people, you can still stand here now, and you can still figure out how to save your life when you return to Jinling, you are already very lucky."

Gu Huai's tone was very light: "The words of the loser... Never have to listen, so what? How's it being considered? ”

Such an attitude completely angered Li Jinglong, even if he knew that he was a loser, he only felt that he had lost to King Yan instead of the young scholar in green shirt in front of him, but when he looked at Shang Gu Huai's ancient eyes without waves, all his anger slowly dissipated.

"What you say is true? Under accountability, I can not only save my life, but even keep my title? ”

Gu Huai glanced at him strangely: "I think it's already written very clearly in the letter... Why else do you think I'm here? To tease you? ”

Li Jinglong took a deep breath: "Say." ”

"Although I think Guogong is a smart person, there are some things that I don't need to remind me too much, but for the sake of insurance, I still have to ask," the night breeze blew Gu Huai's green shirt, "Guogong... Shouldn't there be an idea of turning around and denying people after the fight is done? ”

Li Jinglong's face froze, he did have such a mind to listen to what Gu Huai would say, the temptation to save his life and title was too great, but if he was to be made to fall to King Yan, it would be too whimsical, you must know that he was only recalled to Beijing, and the military position of rebelling against the general has not yet been relieved! Where in this world is there a reason for the counterinsurgency boss to vote for a rebellious object in half of the peace?

Seeing his expression, Gu Huai sighed: "Think about the current situation... Cao Guogong, Grandpa Guo, the 800,000 army before and after was defeated, I don't know how many soldiers are eager to tear you alive, the virtue of those officials in the court, probably don't need me to say more? Huang Zicheng Qitai, who saved your hand before, didn't lend a hand this time, they would just throw you into the well and fill it with stones, you have already reached this step in the field, why can you still consider those things? ”

He was a little puzzled: "Isn't it different from what I imagined, you are not a waste of war, a smart person in the officialdom, but a child who has not grown up at all?" ”

The title of Daming, in addition to the Supreme Emperor of the Ninety-Five, the following is the prince and the duke, Li Jinglong has been high for a long time, and he never dreamed that one day there would be a scholar who does not know where he came from and whose surname he did not know stood in front of him and said such ridiculous words, these words were not vicious, but they completely shattered Li Jinglong's last bit of self-esteem, but it did make him experience the current situation for the first time in addition to escaping.

Yes, desperate.

No one will pull him anymore, the court needs someone to come out and plug the mouths of the people of the world, those dead soldiers and disabled soldiers who are not dead need someone to vent their anger, he Li Jinglong will return to Jinling and then die, completely become a negative teaching material, and lose the face of his father Li Wenzhong, no matter how the battle is fought in the future, he will be pulled out again and again to whip the corpse, becoming a typical waste on a par with Zhao Kuo.

--Thinking about it this way, Qi Tai was really discerning at the beginning.

Li Jinglong's face gradually distorted, he could still deceive himself before, and be optimistic, but at this moment he couldn't be optimistic, he felt that his legs were a little weak, and he wanted to sit down or kneel down like this--but he finally held on, letting the heart in his chest continue to sink until his entire chest cavity was empty, and asked the question that made his throat tight: "What does King Yan want me to do?" ”

Seeing that this person finally recognized the reality, Gu Huai, who was dressed in a green shirt, was obviously happy, the thin clouds in the sky left the moon, and the moonlight sprinkled the earth again, he patted Li Jinglong's shoulder, smiled and approached his ear:

"A lot."